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Lame ideas have more lives than cats, I swear. Glancing at the Sequoia National Forest’s website, it appears the “ring around the lake” fee proposal is baaaack. Along with new proposed fee sites along the Kern River up to and including Lloyd Meadow. Heck, why not just put a gate at the top of Highway 178 and charge an entrance fee? Oh, wait, since this is the PUBLIC’S land, that would be illegal, wouldn’t it? I’m not sure how making every square inch of useable space a fee site is any different, but then I don’t work for the federal government. Right now visitors must pay $10 per vehicle for day or overnight use at three so-called HIRAs (High Impact Recreation Areas) — Auxiliary Dam, Old Isabella Road and South Fork. This is all under the new year-round Southern Sierra Adventure Pass program. Those are actual camping sites that are supposed to have certain amenities, such as garbage service, bathrooms and picnic tables, so the...
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